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Christopher Jackson found it hard to sleep the past few nights in anticipation of being back in “the room where it happens” — otherwise known as Radio City Music Hall, where the original…
In order to accommodate a harness on Julie Andrews, most of Mary Poppins' costumes had to be duplicated in a larger size for the flying scenes. View Entire Post › Source link
This week was a big one for the gaming industry with major announcements made out of a combination of in-person and digital events, including Summer Game Fest and IOI Showcase in Los…
Gold prices fell on Monday (Jun 9) as a stronger-than-expected US jobs report cooled expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, while optimism over easing trade tensions…
CapitaLand Investment (CLI) on Monday (Jun 9) announced that it secured additional capital commitments from new and existing institutional investors for its value-add lodging private fund,…
Most economists expect the central bank to delay further rate hikes, with a majority anticipating no change in coming months Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter of the…
Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, a revised estimate confirmed on Monday (Jun 9), weakness that supports the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) cautious stance and keeps political…
Founded by brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds, the lead singer and manager, respectively, of the band Imagine Dragons, new indie game studio Night Street Games has taken on the challenge of…
China is willing to accelerate the examination and approval of rare earth exports to European Union firms and will also deliver a verdict on its trade investigation of EU brandy imports by…
OCBC on Friday (Jun 6) made a conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per share for the 6.28 per cent stake in Great Eastern it does not own, in a bid to delist the insurer. The offer, which…
Costume designer Paul Tazewell won a Tony Award for his work on the Broadway musical “Death Becomes Her.” Tazewell, who worked on the film version of “Wicked, made Oscar history earlier…
The price war engulfing China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has sent share prices tumbling and prompted an unusual level of intervention from Beijing. The shakeout may just be getting…
The initiative is backed by major tech companies IBM, QinetiQ and Microsoft, the government says Keir Starmer will make an appearance alongside Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang on…
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jun 9). OCBC: The bank has made a S$900 million conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per…
Bruce Flatt, the billionaire chief executive officer of Toronto-based Brookfield, is understandably bullish on the prospects of alternative investments. The Canadian investment giant has,…
The unrelenting expansion of Chinese copper processing capacity over the past few years has now become a global headache, as smelters scramble to secure the ore they need to produce the…
There is a term for the sparsely populated swath of France that extends southwest from the borders of Belgium and Luxembourg to the Pyrenees: the “empty diagonal” (“diagonale du vide“).…
Chinese automakers that have been building plants abroad include BYD, Chery Auto and Great Wall Motor Geely’s chairman and founder Li Shufu said on Saturday (Jun 7) that the global…
Top trade negotiators from the US and China are set to hold fresh talks in London on Monday (Jun 9), offering a glimmer of hope that the world’s two largest economies can defuse tensions…
Broadway’s brights stars came out in force on Sunday for the 78th Tony Awards. “Purpose,” a drama about a Civil Rights icon’s dysfunctional family, was named best play. Other early winners…
The British Film Institute has published a new report into AI and, with it, a number of recommendations. “AI in the Screen Sector: Perspectives and Paths Forward,” published as part of the…
The Nasdaq 100 Index has seen a strong rally from April through early June 2025, buoyed by optimism surrounding US-China trade negotiations. This positive sentiment was reinforced by US…
When Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) and its controlling shareholder OCBC put forward a two-pronged plan last week to resolve the insurer’s trading suspension, I was impressed and rather…
Catalist-listed Zixin Group is hardly considered a household name on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The company describes itself as “a leading biotech-focused sweet potato integrated…
